{"id":613118,"date":"2021-08-05T15:35:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T19:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=613118"},"modified":"2021-08-05T15:35:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T19:35:34","slug":"white-house-climate-czars-private-jet-has-made-16-trips-this-year-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-climate-czars-private-jet-has-made-16-trips-this-year-report\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Climate Czar\u2019s Private Jet Has Made 16 Trips This Year: REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-climate-czars-private-jet-has-made-16-trips-this-year-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=613118&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/John-Kerry-Private-Jet-Climate-Czar-scaled-e1628175500997.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A private jet belonging to the family of White House climate czar John Kerry has reportedly been used over a dozen times this year, flight records show.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry\u2019s family jet took 16 trips since January 2021, mainly within Massachusetts, between his home in Martha\u2019s Vineyard and the Boston International Airport, according to flight documents obtained by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/climate-john-kerry-private-jet-flights\"><span>Fox News<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Flight records also show <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/09\/john-kerrys-family-travels-country-private-jet-promotes-joe-biden-climate-agenda-asia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trips<\/a> between Idaho and Boston, which occurred while Kerry was overseas. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopress.com\/eyeonboise\/why-bidens-pick-for-secretary-of-state-has-a-name-thats-familiar-in-idaho-politics\/article_33e80624-4a4f-51fb-807a-0f01157befdf.html\">Idaho Press<\/a> reported Kerry and his wife are part-time residents in Sun Valley, Idaho.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other 2021 flight records show multiple trips between Boston, Idaho and California, according to Fox News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSecretary Kerry travels commercially or via military air in his role as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate,\u201d a spokesperson for Kerry told Fox News.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.75\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">John Kerry says Donald Trump destroyed the U.S.\u2019s credibility on climate change <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c2GS5Uz8QI\">https:\/\/t.co\/c2GS5Uz8QI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Papp (@DavidPapp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidPapp\/status\/1423197200683839490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Flight records show that before Kerry joined the Biden administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/04\/25\/exclusive-kerry-heinz-family-has-millions-invested-in-offshore-tax-havens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his family\u2019s<\/a> private jet was in the air for more than 20 hours from February 2020 to January 2021, resulting in roughly 116 metric tons of carbon emissions, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/john-kerry-family-private-jet-emissions\"><span>Fox News<\/span><\/a><span>. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/greenvehicles\/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle#:~:text=typical%20passenger%20vehicle%3F-,A%20typical%20passenger%20vehicle%20emits%20about%204.6%20metric%20tons%20of,around%2011%2C500%20miles%20per%20year.\"><span>Environmental Protection Agency<\/span><\/a><span> (EPA) estimates the average passenger emits 4.6 tons of carbon dioxide per year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kerry said he offsets his carbon emissions, but it is unclear how, according to Fox News. Recent financial documents estimate the private jet\u2019s value at over $1 million.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kerry has been criticized in the past for his advocacy on climate change while also traveling on a private jet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In October 2019, Kerry flew privately to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/03\/john-kerry-private-jet-climate-change-environmental-award-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iceland<\/a> to receive the Arctic Circle Award for climate leadership, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/john-kerry-private-jet-iceland-climate-award\"><span>Fox News<\/span><\/a><span>. The trip emitted about 88 tons of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/22\/john-kerry-remove-carbon-atmosphere-leaders-summit-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carbon dioxide<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kerry defended flying privately to the event, saying it was \u201cthe only choice for somebody like me who is traveling the world to win this battle,\u201d Fox News reported.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/14\/european-union-john-kerry-european-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Europe Unveils Ambitious \u2018Green Deal\u2019 Plan To Cut Emissions By 2030)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Private jets emit more than 40 times as much carbon per passenger than commercial planes, according to The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/oct\/27\/super-rich-fuelling-growing-demand-for-private-jets-report-finds\"><span>Guardian<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A private jet belonging to the family of White House climate czar John Kerry has reportedly been used over a dozen times this year, flight records show.\u00a0U.S. Special Presidential Envoy &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}